Title:
Unaccountable : what hospitals won't tell you and how transparency can revolutionize health care / Marty Makary.
ISBN:
9781608198368
Personal Author:
Edition:
First U.S. edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Bloomsbury Press, 2012.
Physical Description:
246 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
Some random doctor. Dr. Hodad and the raptor ; Danger zones ; The New York experiment ; The supersurgeon and the Shah ; "How I like to do it" ; Navigating the system ; Tap the power of patient outcomes -- The Wild West. Impaired physicians ; Medical mistakes ; Ask before you give ; Eat what you kill ; The all-American robot -- Transparency time. Drivers of culture ; Healthonomics ; Candid cameras ; A new generation for honest medicine ; What accountability looks like.
Summary:
"The healthcare system is a black box. Doctors and hospitals are unaccountable, and the lack of transparency leaves both bad doctors and systemic flaws unchecked. Patients need to know more of what healthcare workers know, so they can make informed choices. Accountability in healthcare would expose dangerous doctors, reward good performance, and force positive change nationally, using the power of the free market."-- Provided by publisher.
OCLC Number:
ocn772106631
Availability:
Eagan - Wescott~1
